Synonyms for talons
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : tal-uh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtæl ən |
Définition of talons
Origin :- c.1400, talounz "claws of a bird or beast," probably originally from Old French talon "heel or hinder part of the foot of a beast, or of a man, or of a shoe," from Medieval Latin talonem "heel," from Latin talus "ankle" (see talus (1)). "The extension to birds of prey, and subsequent stages, are peculiar to English" [OED].
- noun claw
- But once there she was beyond his reach, at safety from the talons of the French Republic.
- Extract from : « The Trampling of the Lilies » by Rafael Sabatini
- An eagle holding in its talons a serpent is an emblem well known today.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- Lancaster clasped Rakkan's talons without caring that it was a Martian.
- Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
- I counted off on my talons to see if I had forgotten anything.
- Extract from : « The Repairman » by Harry Harrison
- He trimmed the talons of princes while their defenders were absent.
- Extract from : « Peter the Hermit » by Daniel A. Goodsell
- He had but one eye, his teeth were long and sharp, and his nails like the talons of a bird.
- Extract from : « Favorite Fairy Tales » by Logan Marshall
- Well, I have often caught and carried away an ostrich in my talons.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- A Hawk observed it, and, pouncing upon it with his talons, carried it aloft.
- Extract from : « Aesop's Fables » by Aesop
- Blood dripped from the human figure gripped in the creature's talons.
- Extract from : « Final Weapon » by Everett B. Cole
- She trembled in his manly embrace, as the dove trembles in the talons of the eagle.
- Extract from : « Dona Perfecta » by B. Perez Galdos
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